Reporting Guidelines for Clinical Research: STROBE, CONSORT, PRISMA, CARE

Many medical journals ask you to follow the EQUATOR reporting guideline for your study design, and some require the completed checklist at submission. These guides explain which guideline applies, what each item asks for and how reviewers check it.

• Which reporting guideline does my study need?Match your study design to its EQUATOR reporting guideline (CONSORT, STROBE, PRISMA, CARE, STARD, TRIPOD+AI and more). Find your checklist now.
• How to complete the STROBE checklist for an observational studyThe STROBE checklist for cohort, case-control and cross-sectional studies: what each item asks and where it goes. Check your manuscript now.
• How do I make a CONSORT diagram and complete the CONSORT 2025 checklist for my trial?CONSORT 2025 explained for trialists: the 30-item checklist, what changed from 2010, and a worked flow diagram example. Check your trial report today.
• How do I fill out a PRISMA flow diagram and the PRISMA 2020 checklist?PRISMA 2020 for systematic reviewers: how to fill every flow diagram box, the 27-item checklist and extensions like PRISMA-ScR. Check your review today.
• How to write a medical case report (CARE guidelines)Write a publishable medical case report section by section with the 13-item CARE checklist, patient consent and de-identification. See the format.